Currently Reading: The Chaos Machine, by Max Fisher
Last Read: Words of Radiance, by Brandon Sanderson
2016-01-04
Hi y’all,
As a Christmas present to myself this last December, I bought myself a kindle as a new toy to try and reduce eye strain at night while I tried to read. To my surprise, it *really* worked! I started reading more than I ever did before, and thought it might be nice to put my thoughts of each book down so that way I could relive the experiences later.
So here I am, and I figured it’d be nice to share with anyone who wants to read along with me. Thanks for being here, and I hope you enjoy my book adventures!
For the most part, I’m into nerdy topics and so will spend a fair amount of time on sci-fi books (*cough*, I’ve been burning through The Expanse books), though I also enjoy lighthearted fun books (like A Dog’s Purpose) and then some non fiction work as well (like The Big Short or Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis; or The Only Pirate At the Party by Lindsey Stirling).
So far, my favorite authors have been Michael Lewis and James S. A. Corey (even though the latter is a pen name). Thanks again for coming along for the ride!
Edmund
2022 | |
Books | Author |
Talking to Strangers |
Malcolm Gladwell
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Battling the Big Lie | Dan Pfeiffer |
Fallout (Expeditionary Force Book 13) | Craig Alanson |
Match Game (Expeditionary Force Book 14) | Craig Alanson |
The Sins of our Fathers |
James S.A. Corey
|
The Vortex (story about bangladesh) |
Scott Carney; Jason Miklian
|
The Magnificent Nine (Firefly) |
James Lovegrove
|
The Ghost Machine (Firefly) |
James Lovegrove
|
Healing Politics | Abdul El Sayed |
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry |
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
|
Vagabonding | Rolf Potts |
Why We Did It | Tim Miller |
Aftershocks (The Palladium Wars) | Marko Kloos |
Ballistic (The Palladium Wars) | Marko Kloos |
Citadel (The Palladium Wars) | Marko Kloos |
The Way of Kings (reread) |
Brandon Sanderson
|
Words of Radiance (reread) |
Brandon Sanderson
|
2021 | |
Books | Author |
A Promised Land | Barack Obama |
Critical Mass | Craig Alanson |
Burhsfire | Craig Alanson |
Breakaway | Craig Alanson |
Dawnshard |
Brandon Sanderson
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Persist |
Elizabeth Warren
|
After the Fall | Ben Rhodes |
Born a Crime | Trevor Noah |
Ready Player Two | Ernest Cline |
The Premonition | Michael Lewis |
Leviathan Falls |
James S.A. Corey
|
2020 | |
Books | Author |
Auberon |
James S. A. Corey
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Valkyrie | Craig Alanson |
A Citizen’s Guide to Beating Donald Trump | David Plouffe |
Freefall | Craig Alanson |
Rage | Bob Woodward |
Rhythm of War |
Brandon Sanderson
|
2019 | |
Books | Author |
Firefly – Big Damn Hero |
James Lovegrove
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The Art of Racing in the Rain | Garth Stein |
Renegades | Craig Alanson |
The Fifth Risk | Michael Lewis |
Tiamat’s Wrath |
James S.A. Corey
|
White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America |
Margaret Hagerman
|
Delivering Happiness (Zappos) | Tony Hsieh |
Armageddon | Craig Alanson |
2018 | |
Books | Author |
Everything Trump Touches Dies | Rick Wilson |
All Systems Red | Martha Wells |
Fear: Trump in the White House | Bob Woodward |
Craig Alanson | |
Yes We (Still) Can | Dan Pfeiffer |
A Higher Loyalty | James Comey |
The Carnival of the Night | Nicholas Carey |
The Good that Men Do |
Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin
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The Only Pirate at the Party | Lindsey Stirling |
The Internet of Money |
Andreas Antonopoulos
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Zero Hour | Craig Alanson |
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House | Michael Wolff |
Persepolis Rising |
James S.A. Corey
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2017 | |
Books | Author |
Oathbringer |
Brandon Sanderson
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Conscience of a Conservative | Jeff Flake |
Warbreaker |
Brandon Sanderson
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Trouble in Paradise | Craig Alanson |
Strange Dogs |
James S.A. Corey
|
Giant of the Senate | Al Franken |
The Words of Radiance |
Brandon Sanderson
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The Way of Kings |
Brandon Sanderson
|
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival | John Vaillant |
Black Ops | Craig Alanson |
The Sword of Shannara | Terry Brooks |
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? |
Alyssa Mastromonaco
|
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck | Mark Manson |
Forging Zero | Sara King |
Revolution for Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring | Bassem Youssef |
The Collapsing Empire | John Scalzi |
The Wise Man’s Fear | Patrick Rothfuss |
The Name of the Wind | Patrick Rothfuss |
Dark Matter | Blake Crouch |
Our Revolution | Bernie Sanders |
The Daily Show: An Oral History | Chris Smith |
2016 | |
Books | Author |
Babylon’s Ashes | James S.A. Corey |
Paradise | Craig Alanson |
SpecOps | Craig Alanson |
Rootless | Taylor Brown |
Columbus Day | Craig Alanson |
The Problem of HFT | Haim Bodek |
Dark Pools | Scott Patterson |
The Atlantis World | A.G. Riddle |
The Alantis Plague | A.G. Riddle |
The Atlantis Gene | A.G. Riddle |
House Trained | Jackie Bouchard |
Left of Boom: How a Young CIA Case Officer Penetrated the Taliban and Al-Queda | Douglas Laux |
Red Hope | John Dreese |
Nomad | Matthew Mather |
The Phoenix Descent | Chuck Grossart |
Evergreen | Jackson Haime |
Nemesis Games | James S.A. Corey |
The Lost World | Michael Creighton |
Cibola Burn | James S.A. Corey |
It’s Good to be Gronk | Rob Gronkowski |
The Vital Abyss | James S.A. Corey |
The Churn | James S.A. Corey |
The Butcher of Anderson Station | James S.A. Corey |
The Hitman and the Rose | Craig Thomas Boyle |
Abaddon’s Gate | James S.A. Corey |
Caliban’s War | James S.A. Corey |
Leviathan Wakes | James S.A. Corey |
Liar’s Poker | Michael Lewis |
Redshirts | John Scalzi |
The Only Pirate At the Party | Lindsey Stirling |
Ready Player One | Ernest Cline |
Arthas: Rise of the Lich King | Christie Golden |